Lindsay's blog

Women’s homelessness is a crisis in Canada.

Kick off the new year with some fresh reads as recommended by your friends at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH). Below is a collection of books that run the gamut from neuroscience and information organization to a deep dive into the Indigenous reconciliation process in Canada. Give them a read this winter!

Homelessness is a fusion policy problem.

One of the many highlights of the 2019 Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Confer

I had the opportunity recently to attend the Beyond Housing Conference

Today, I would like to showcase the Toronto Family and Natural Supports (FNS) Program, another exciting program developed under the umbrella of the Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Demonstration Lab (MtS DEMS), co-led by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. There are 12 Making the Shift demonstration (MtS DEMS) sites in 10 communities across Alberta and Ontario. Each is, currently collecting data to help refine our efforts to prevent and endchronic youth homelessness.

My name is Leigh Bursey. I am a 32-year old municipal councillor in the beautiful city of Brockville, Ontario, Canada. Currently in my third term of governance, I have had the privilege of representing this incredible city for the last ten years of my life.

In this bi-weekly blog series, I explore recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the provision of services to prevent or end homelessness.

You’re probably familiar with the adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Cliché as it may sound, it especially rings true when designing visuals to convey complex research problems or social issues.